805 research outputs found
QGP fireball explosion
We identify the major physics milestones in the development of strange
hadrons as an observable for both the formation of quark-gluon plasma, and of
the ensuing explosive disintegration of deconfined matter fireball formed in
relativistic heavy ion collisions at 160--20A GeV. We describe the physical
properties of QGP phase and show agreement with the expectations based on an
analysis of hadron abundances. We than also demonstrate that the m_t shape of
hadron spectra is in qualitative agreement with the sudden breakup of a
supercooled QGP fireball.Comment: 10 pages, incl. 4 figures J. Phys. G in press; presented at
STRANGENESS2000 International Conference, Berkeley July 200
Resonance Production in RHIC Collisions
Results of resonance particle production measured at RHIC in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions are compared to measurements in p+p and d+Au
collisions in order to verify the existence of an extended hardronically
interacting medium. Yield and momentum distributions of resonances maybe
modified during the fireball lifetime due to resonance decay and the subsequent
rescattering of their decay daughters as well as the regeneration of resonances
from their decay products. Modified momentum spectra in heavy ion collisions
may change the nuclear modification factor R. The influence on the
elliptic flow v due to late regeneration of resonances is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the 22st Winter Workshop on
Nuclear Dynamics, San Diago, California, 12-18 March, 200
Strangeness and the discovery of quark-gluon plasma
Strangeness flavor yield s and the entropy yield S are the observables of the
deconfined quark-gluon state of matter which can be studied in the entire
available experimental energy range at AGS, SPS, RHIC, and, in near future, at
the LHC energy range. We present here a comprehensive analysis of strange, soft
hadron production as function of energy and reaction volume. We discuss the
physical properties of the final state and argue how evidence about the
primordial QGP emerges.Comment: 16 pages: Invited talk at 5th International Conference on Physics and
Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma, February 8 - 12, 2005, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata, India, to appear in: Journal of Physics: Conference Serie
SHARE with CHARM
SHARE with CHARM program (SHAREv3) implements the statistical hadronization
model description of particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
Given a set of statistical parameters, SHAREv3 program evaluates yields and
therefore also ratios, and furthermore, statistical particle abundance
fluctuations. The physical bulk properties of the particle source is evaluated
based on all hadrons produced, including the fitted yields. The bulk properties
can be prescribed as a fit input complementing and/or replacing the statistical
parameters. The modifications and improvements in the SHARE suite of programs
are oriented towards recent and forthcoming LHC hadron production results
including charm hadrons. This SHAREv3 release incorporates all features seen
previously in SHAREv1.x and v2.x and, beyond, we include a complete treatment
of charm hadrons and their decays, which further cascade and feed lighter
hadron yields. This article is a complete and self-contained manual explaining
and introducing both the conventional and the extended capabilities of SHARE
with CHARM. We complement the particle list derived from the Particle Data
Group tabulation composed of up, down, strange quarks (including
resonances) with hadrons containing charm quarks. We provide a table
of the charm hadron decays including partial widths. The branching ratios of
each charm hadron decays add to unity, which is achieved by including some
charm hadron decay channels based on theoretical consideration in the absence
of direct experimental information. A very successful interpretation of all
available LHC results has been already obtained using this program.Comment: 41 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. Associated program available at
http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~gtshare/SHARE/share.html (Computer Physics
Communications in press
Dynamics and freeze-out of hadron resonances at RHIC
Yields, rapidity and transverse momentum spectra of ,
, and the meson resonances ,
, and are predicted. Hadronic rescattering leads to a
suppression of reconstructable resonances, especially at low . A mass
shift of the of 10 MeV is obtained from the microscopic simulation, due
to late stage formation in the cooling pion gas.Comment: Proceedings of the Strange Quark Matter 2003, eprint version differs
from published versio
Resonance production from jet fragmentation
Short lived resonances are sensitive to the medium properties in heavy-ion
collisions. Heavy hadrons have larger probability to be produced within the
quark gluon plasma phase due to their short formation times. Therefore heavy
mass resonances are more likely to be affected by the medium, and the
identification of early produced resonances from jet fragmentation might be a
viable option to study chirality. The high momentum resonances on the away-side
of a triggered di-jet are likely to be the most modified by the partonic or
early hadronic medium. We will discuss first results of triggered
hadron-resonance correlations in Cu+Cu heavy ion collisions.Comment: Hot Quarks Colorado 2008 Proceedings, 4 pages 5 figure
Strangeness and threshold of phase changes
We explore entropy and strangeness as signature of QGP for top AGS energy and
the energy scan at SPS. We find that the hadronization dynamics changes between
20 and 30 GeV projectile energy. The high energy results are consistent
with QGP.Comment: Presented at SQM07, to appear in JPG special issu
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